This adidas Stan Smith Is So Very Luxe, So Very Flat
The adidas Stan Smith sneaker has reached a new all-time low (no, not in a bad way).
adidas' iconic Stan Smith shoe is now even closer to the ground, thanks to a new, flattened version of the tennis sneaker appropriately called the Stan Smith Low Pro.
The adidas Stan Smith Low Pro model looks as if someone sliced off the shoe's traditional soles, leaving only a super thin rubber layer between your foot and the floor.
The results are perhaps the flattest Stan Smiths ever to grace the sneaker game, another win for the model's renaissance era, really. All that really comes to mind, in terms of similar tennis shoe flatness, are the pre-squashed Stan Smiths released as part of the Balenciaga x adidas collaboration, but those were way more expensive.
Thinned-out base aside, the rest of the Stan Smith Low Pro shoe is pretty much the classic Stan Smith.
It's got the Three Stripes holes on the sides, especially soft, creamy leather uppers, and Stan Smith branding stamped on the tongue instead of the usually gilding.
Finally, adidas bathes the Stan Smiths in timeless neutrals, resulting in tonal black and white colorways.
The luxe finished product is almost something you'd expect from Y-3.
Yohji Yamamoto and the Three Stripes' longstanding collaboration has released its fair share of quiet, flat-soled, premium sneakers, including spins on the Regu and Japan models. Y-3's most recent collaborative Stan Smith was more luxe than slim, to be fair.
But this latest super-low, erm, Stan Smith Low Pro sneaker is all adidas.
adidas' new minimal Stan Smith sneaker will soon arrive on adidas' website though the specific release date remains unclear. But I'd expect these flattened Stans to drop soon, based on these official images already floating around the internet.
